Numbers 34:9

Numbers 34:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar–enan: this shall be your north border.
• New International Version (NIV)continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the border shall extend to Ziphron, and its limit shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern border.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and it shall end at Hazar Enan. This shall be your northern border.

Context of Numbers 34:9

7‘And this shall be your north border: from the Great [Mediterranean] Sea mark out your boundary line to Mount Hor; 8from Mount Hor you shall mark out your boundary to the entrance of Hamath, and the limit of the border shall be at Zedad; then the [northern] boundary shall go on to Ziphron, and its limit shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern boundary. 10‘You shall mark out your eastern boundary from Hazar-enan to Shepham; 11the [eastern] boundary shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and shall descend and reach to the slope on the east of the Sea of Chinnereth [the Sea of Galilee];

Numbers 34:9 word by word

וְיָצָ֤א הַגְּבֻל֙ זִפְרֹ֔נָה וְהָי֥וּ תוֹצְאֹתָ֖יו חֲצַ֣ר עֵינָ֑ן זֶֽה־יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם גְּב֥וּל צָפֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• shall go onיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: extendsH3318
• to Ziphronזִפְרֹןziphrôn · ZiphronH2202
• and the goings outתּוֹצָאָהtôtsâ'âh tôtsâ'âh · outgoingH8444
• of it shall be at Hazar–enanחֲצַר עֵינוֹןchătsar ‛êynân · Hazar-enanH2704
• this shall be your northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828

Cross-references for Numbers 34:9

• Ezekiel 47:17So the boundary will extend from the [Mediterranean] Sea to Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, and on the north, northward, is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

Commentaries on Numbers 34:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7-9Verses 7-9 The northern border. On the “Mount Hor,” compare Numbers 20:22 note. Here the name denotes the whole western crest of Mount Lebanon, 80 miles in length, commencing east of Zidon, and terminating with the point immediately above the entrance of Hamath (compare Numbers 13:21). The extreme point in the northern border of the land was the city of Zedad (Sadad), about 30 miles east of the entrance of Hamath. Hence, the border turned back…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-9The natural western boundary of Canaan was the Mediterranean coast ("the Great Sea," 34:6). The northern boundary started at the Mediterranean and went east to Mount Hor. This was somewhere in the Lebanon mountain range (not the place of Aaron's death, 20:22–29). Lebo-hamath: Compare 13:21; 1 Kings 8:65; Amos 6:14.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-97-9. north border--The principal difficulty in understanding the description here arises from what our translators have called mount Hor. The Hebrew words, however, Hor-ha-Hor, properly signify "the mountain of the mountain," or "the high double mountain," which, from the situation, can mean nothing else than the mountain Amana (So 4:8), a member of the great Lebanon range (Jos 13:5).Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 34:9

• Canaanites
• Hazar-Enan
• Ziphron

In the dictionaries

• Hazarenan
• Palestine
• Reach
• West
• Ziphron
• Genealogy
• Going; Goings
• Hazar
• Joshua (2)
• North; North Country

Commentaries on Numbers 34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary